Improvement in burial-case



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ROBERT HILL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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IMPROVEMENT IN BURIAL-CASE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ROBERT F. HILL, of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new andimproved Burial-Case; and I dohereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and eXact description thereof, which will enable'thoseskilled in the art to make and'use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved burial-case.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same.

Figure-3 is a transverse vertical section of' the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new manner of' constructing burial-cases, sothat' they will b'e strong and commodions.

The invention consists, first, in making the cover hollow, and not dat,as usual, thereby permitting the body of the ease to be shallower,.andthe consequent better display of the face and head of a deceasedperson', The

head can then' be laid upon a pillow, so as to project above the case,and still will not come in contact with the lid when the. same isclosed.

The invention also consists in making both the cover and the body of thecase pyramidal, so that the whole caseis wider and longer at thejunction of the cover and base, for the purpose of giving ample room forthe adjustment of the dress and arms of the deceased.

The invention also consists in the use of ordinary thumb-screws forsecuring the cover to the body. The

screws, being -tted through flanges arranged on the cover and body ofthe case, 'are held in. nuts countersunlr or concealed in the flange ofthe bodyT of the case. -I

A represents the body of'a burial-case. The same is made of wood orother suitable material, and consists' of a bottom, a, side boards vl5',end boar-dsc, and flanges d. The bottom a is rectangular. The side andend boards are sec-.tred to it at obtuse angles, as slioivn in gs. 2and, so that the upper part of the case isnider and longer than thebottom. The flange d is arranged around the upper edges of the side andend boards, as

shown. 'A B is the cover of the case, made of similar shape as the bodyA of the same. It consists of ahorizontal'covering-plate, e, side boardsf, end boards g, and anges 7L. The plate e is rectangular; and the sideand end boards are secured to it at obtuse angles, so that the lowerpart of the cover is wider and longer than the plate e, as shown in thedrawings. The anges L are secured around the lower edges of the sideand-end boards, as shown. l v

It will be seen, from the above, that the burial-case, when closed, iswider and longer at or near its centre than at its bottom and top,'thusaffording i'ull room for the adjustment ofdress within the case.

C C are thumb-screws of ordinary construction, iitted through theflanges L and d, as shown, and held by nuts e', countersunk or concealedin th-elower iiange d, (see iigA These thumb-screws are more 'adaptablefor burial-cases than the` screws ordinarily used on eoiiins', which canonly be moved by means of screw-drivers, while, by means of thethumb-screws, the case can beclosed or opened by hand.

I claim as neivpand desire to secure by Letters Patent- The body A,provided upon its upper'edge with theange d, projecting within andwithout the case, having in its under side, within the case, thecountersunk nuts t', the corresponding flange, z, upon the lower edge ofthe cover B, said flanges, secured together by the thumb-screw C,passing through both and into the countersunk nut 2', the head of saidscrew being without the cover, 'and the end within the body A, as hereindescribed, for the purpose specied. i A

ROBERT F. HILL.

Witnesses:

Gno. W. KPHART,

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